Book Review: No Place To Hide

• Main Author: Gary Kessler
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law 2007-03-01
• Series: Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
• Online Access: http://ojs.jdfsl.org/index.php/jdfsl/article/view/211

<p class="JDFSLParagraph">O'Harrow, R., Jr. (2006). No Place To Hide. New York: Free Press. 352 pages, ISBN: 0-7432-8705-3 (paper), US$26</p><p class="JDFSLParagraph">Reviewed by Gary C. Kessler ([e-mail])</p><p class="JDFSLParagraph">Personal privacy and the protection of personal identifying information are of concern to all of us. Innumerable articles and conferences address our loss of privacy, either through the sale of consumer databases or our own inattention. Opinions vary from "You have no privacy; get over it" to "This is the end of civil liberties as we know them." We teach people to safely maneuver on the Internet and minimize their exposure to bogus sites set up to steal their identity, warn users about the dangers of phishing and posting personal information on social network sites, use firewalls to protect our databases, and enact laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to protect information.</p><p class="JDFSLParagraph">(see PDF for full review)</p>